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What We Left Behind

An emotional young adult novel

Robin Talley
4.1
(12)
Pages
384
Year
2016
Language
English

About

From the critically acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves comes an emotional, empowering story of what happens when love may not be enough to conquer all Toni and Gretchen are the couple everyone envied in high school. When they separate for their first year at college - Toni to Harvard and Gretchen to NYU - they're sure they'll be fine. Where other long-distance relationships have fallen apart, theirs is bound to stay rock-solid. The reality of being apart, though, is very different than they expected. Toni, who identifies as genderqueer, meets a group of transgender upperclassmen and immediately finds a sense of belonging that has always been missing, but Gretchen struggles to remember who she is outside their relationship. As distance and Toni's shifting gender identity begin to wear on their relationship, the couple must decide - have they grown apart for good, or is love enough to keep them together?

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"This title is a must-read for high school Gay Straight Alliance members....Toni's genderqueer identity contributes a fresh perspective to LGBTQ fiction. VERDICT Recommended for all collections trying to fill a gap in the representation of transgender voices in teen fiction."
School Library Journal (starred view)
"Talley continues to tackle tough issues with unvarnished honesty."
Booklist
"Characterization is poignant and razor-sharp... Emotionally astute."
Kirkus Reviews

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